{"id":8458,"date":"2019-06-15T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=8458"},"modified":"2019-06-18T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T13:36:37","slug":"elizabeth-spencer-spragins-tiananmen-square-a-clogyrnach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/elizabeth-spencer-spragins-tiananmen-square-a-clogyrnach","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Spencer Spragins: Tiananmen Square (A Clogyrnach)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2019\/06\/Elizabeth-Spencer-Spragins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2019\/06\/Elizabeth-Spencer-Spragins.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2019\/06\/Elizabeth-Spencer-Spragins-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/>Youthful zeal fans sparks of unrest<br \/>\nTo flames as the jaded protest.<br \/>\nThey throng to the square<br \/>\nTo challenge the chair<br \/>\nWith a stare<br \/>\nTo the West.<\/p>\n<p>Unarmed, undeterred, they dare bring<br \/>\nTo light fervent hopes for the spring.<br \/>\nThe peaceful crusade<br \/>\nDesigned to persuade<br \/>\nDraws the blade<br \/>\nOf Beijing.<!--more-->Red tide swallows the dead and maimed,<br \/>\nDrowns voices, erases those named.<br \/>\nUnmoved by their fate,<br \/>\nCold eyes of the State<br \/>\nWatch and wait,<br \/>\nUnashamed.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2016 by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins<\/p>\n<p>Source:<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/13183870-Tiananmen-Square--A-Clogyrnach--by-handspinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/allpoetry.com\/poem\/13183870-Tiananmen-Square&#8211;A-Clogyrnach&#8211;by-handspinner<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youthful zeal fans sparks of unrest To f &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/elizabeth-spencer-spragins-tiananmen-square-a-clogyrnach\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[2083,2082,101],"views":1989,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8460,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8458\/revisions\/8460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}